BLACK RIVER BBQ

BLACK RIVER BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 2 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2024 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 25th of 30 at the Grizzly BBQ Brawl (2024). They finished #1148 in the 2025 Master Series Team of the Year standings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Rating

1487

Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 2

Contests

in the data

First seen

Sep 6, 2024

latest Sep 5, 2025 · 1 year on the trail

Best ToY finish

#1148

Master 2025 · every season

Avg finish

top 82%

overall standings

Best overall

659.8512 / 720

Master · Grizzly BBQ Brawl

Best single call

172

Chicken · Grizzly BBQ Brawl

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 170.57 · weakest Pork Ribs (160.83)

Road miles

across 2 mapped stops

Purse competed for

$9,000

listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings

Master avg

657.63 / 720

2 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (1 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

SUCKA BONE BBQ TEAM has landed one call behind them 2 times.

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Year	Series	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2025 ↗	Master	#1148 (60 pts)	#1147 (80 pts)	#1293 (60 pts)	#1190 (60 pts)	#1190 (60 pts)
2024 ↗	Master	#1508 (55 pts)	#1114 (95 pts)	#1190 (90 pts)	#1189 (70 pts)	#1513 (55 pts)

Overall rank by season

By meat

Category	Entries	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	2	172	169.1428	170.57	top 53%
Pork Ribs	2	165.1544	156.5028	160.83	top 72%
Pork	2	166.8228	163.4288	165.13	top 75%
Brisket	2	164.5256	157.6800	161.10	top 77%

“Calls” = top-10 category finishes (getting called to the stage). Scores here are the final weighted totals KCBS publishes; per-criterion appearance/taste/tenderness marks aren’t in the public results feed.

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

20253 milestones

Sep 5 Career-best overall score659.8512 Grizzly BBQ Brawl
Sep 5 Career-best single call (Chicken)172 Grizzly BBQ Brawl
Sep 5 Most recent contest Grizzly BBQ Brawl

20242 milestones

Sep 6 First tracked contest Grizzly BBQ Brawl
Sep 6 First overall past 90% of a perfect score655.4060 Grizzly BBQ Brawl

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Sep 5, 2025	Grizzly BBQ Brawl 🏅 Wellington, OH	34 / 42 (659.8512)	21 (172)	35 (156.5028)	32 (166.8228)	27 (164.5256)
Sep 6, 2024	Grizzly BBQ Brawl 🏅 Wadsworth, OH	25 / 30 (655.4060)	17 (169.1428)	18 (165.1544)	22 (163.4288)	27 (157.6800)